Word: backstop
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...today against Creson, the southpaw pitcher who will face the Crimson sluggers. It is possible that Lord will be replaced at first by Tobin, another lefthanded batter, while Duchin's liking for the left approach to the plate may conceivably cause his substitution for Chauncey, the righthanded first string backstop...
Henry Chauncey '28 regular backstop of the Harvard aggregation, still leads the vanguard of the batsmen, although his figure took a 13 point plunge during the week's play. A lone single was the total of his activities with the ash in the Georgetown tilt, and he failed to hit against Colgate. At Providence, I. R. Duchin '27 took his place behind...
...numerical batting strength of the squad, there has been an encouraging tendency on the part of the Crimson batsmen to hit in the pinches. E. R. Duchin '27, inserted into the Providence game in place of Chauncey when Smith's left-handed shoots proved too much for the regular backstop, got his first hit of the season by blasting out a triple with two men on bases. Zarakov's hit, already noted, brought that game into the Crimson's winning column. Chauncey, batting for Duchin in the final inning of the Alumni game, singled to bring across the tying...
...Harvard first year men scored in the first, third, fourth and eighth innings. R. L. Summers led off with a free ticket in the opening inning, was sacrificed to second stole third, and scored on an error by the Tufts backstop. Summers stugled in the third, stole second and third, and scored on a blow by F. E. Nugent. A walk, an error, and two hits tallied twice for the Crimson in the fourth, and a walk, an error, and a sacrifice and a single brought in three runs in the eighth...
...hurler's delivery during that period. But with two out in the ninth William Ullman '27, University second-sacker, made a high throw to first, drawing J. E. Tobin off the cushion. Two pinch-hitters were rushed into the breach, and each responded with a clean single. Jenkins, Terrier backstop, faced crowded bags and drove in his team's third run with a hard drive to center. The threatening rally was throttled and the game ended when D. MacDonald grounded to Ullman, who nipped his man at first with a quick throw...